Yvonne Paule VanBaerlem Bemis
BIRTH
27 Jul 1935
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
DEATH
8 Oct 2015 (aged 80)
Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
BURIAL
Cremated
MEMORIAL ID
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MEMORIAL
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Yvonne Paule (VanBaerlem) Bemis died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice Oct. 8.
Bemis was born July 27, 1935, in Brussels, Belgium to Adrien and Jeanne (Julien) VanBaerlem. She attended schools in Brussels and worked in Antwerp before marrying Charles E. Bemis of Massachusetts. The couple then moved to Portland, where they raised five children.
Bemis worked as a CNA in area nursing homes before switching careers and working at Commercial Union Insurance Company until she retired.
She enjoyed traveling, shopping at flea markets and yard sales, the beach, reading and spending time in her yard.
She was predeceased by her husband Charles, a brother, Jean Marie VanBaerlem, and a sister, Monique VanBaerlem of Brussels.